“A Golden Thread: The Minotaur”

Written by Mindy Belloff, published on the Boxcar Press Blog September 2018:

As a book artist, letterpress printer, and educator, I have sent a wide variety of digital designs of artwork, student work, and job work for plate making. A few years ago, as a new livre d’artiste was in the works, Boxcar took notice of the beginning of the work. As I firmed up designs and sent a flurry

Let’s See That Printed: Mindy Belloff of Intima Press’s ‘Minotaur’

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We keep tabs on the many wonderful and intriguing designs that come through doors here for our custom-made photopolymer platemaking services. One that we’ve been following for quite some time is Mindy Belloff (of Intima Press)’s highly detailed illustration and creative typesetting designs in her latest fine edition book

In the garden of earthly delights

Unique copper plate intaglio prints with hand painting, size approx 10 x 8, 2016, inspired by Hieronymus Bosch’s “Garden of Earthly Delights” painting.
A selection of eleven prints from the editioned book are available for individual sale.  In the printmaking process, inks were applied in a painterly manner, from drawn and etched open bite copper plates.  Each intaglio print was then hand painted by the artist, Mindy Belloff.  The etchings …

Codex Book Fair 2017

The Codex Book Fair is one month away. I’ve been hard at work in 2016, continuing the design and printing of “A Golden Thread,” a new Contemporary Illumination edition featuring the story of “The Minotaur” by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries: The Art of the Book Symposium

The exhibition, “Across the Spectrum: Color in American Fine and Private Press Books, 1890-2015is open and the Symposium looks exciting. Below is the schedule for this Friday & Saturday:

Friday, February 26, 2016, 5:30-7:30pm
Welcome and Introduction: William Noel, Director, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts; Symposium Keynote: Mark Dimunation, Chief of the Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress; Looking Differently: …

Fine Press Book Fair 2014

The Manhattan Fine Press Book Fair 2014 April was wonderful.  Thank you all again for coming by, old friends and new, and for the great support of the new book editions from Intima Press.

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